Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee @ KL

Kin Kin, home to the original Chilli Pan Mee, is notorious for the rude owner and rather expensive food. However customers including myself and JS keep returning because their signature Chilli Pan Mee is just too awesome!

   

Secret recipe

   
On each table sits a big, clear plastic tub filled with Kin Kin's secret blend of chilli flakes. I usually take just 1.5 teaspoons - any more and my nose will run...

   

Dry Version (RM 5.80)

   
No point asking the owner(s) for small, medium, big. There is only one noodle portion served at Kin Kin and that is what you'll get. It is slightly insufficient for me but this portion is good for small eaters whereas guys usually take 1.5 bowls.
  
The dry version of the noodles comes with minced meat, fried anchovies, fried shallots and topped with a perfectly poached egg. The noodles are unlike the usual hawker stall noodles and have a good bite to it. The way I like to eat it is to sprinkle over the chilli flakes, "break" the poached egg so the runny yolk spills over the noodles and mix everything up. It tastes fantastic with the chilli flakes providing that extra kick and flavour to the minced meat and plain noodles.
 
Each order of dry noodles comes with a small bowl of sweet potato leaf soup with stirred-in egg whites. It is a little bland compared to the soupy noodles version but still acceptable.

  

Soup Version (RM 5.80)

   
The soup version is slightly more worth the price as it comes with additional leafy green vege and sliced pork in addition to the usual minced meat, fried anchovies and poached egg. The picture above doesn't look like there's much but rest assured, all the goodies are hidden at the bottom of the bowl =) The soup is sweet and flavourful from the sliced pork and is as good as the dry version. Imagine slurping noodles from a hot and spicy (from the chilli flakes) bowl of soup!
  
Apart from Chilli Pan Mee, they also have soup with a choice of pork balls and fish balls. Both the pork balls and fish balls taste bouncy and fresh.
  
There is another Chilli Pan Mee shop opposite Kin Kin but we always return to Kin Kin despite the higher price and smaller portion as there's just something extra in that secret chilli flake recipe of theirs.
  

PawPoints: 5 Paws
Pawket: Dough

  
Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee
40 Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman 1
Off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 016 372 8069
Weekdays: 7.30am - 9pm
Weekends: 7.30am - 4.30pm (Closed on last Sunday of the month)

Tsui Wah Restaurant @ Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

We had our 1st meal since we touched down at Tsui Wah Restaurant as recommended by the concierge at our hotel. It is a typical Char Chan Theng with prompt service and was packed with customers when we reached.

  

Shop Front

   

Herbal Tea

     

Iced Coffee

   

Fishball Noodle Soup

 
JS ordered the Fishball Noodle Soup which I found surprising since we're at Hong Kong, not Ipoh! But after reading some reviews on Tsui Wah recently, I found that it's actually the trademark dish! JS, do you have some sensitive nose or something?
  
The kuey teow (aka hor fun) noodles were slimmer than those served back at Malaysia and were quite nice according to JS. He also thought that the soup was flavourful but had a bit too much MSG in it. The fish balls and fish cake were fresh and bouncy.
    

Stewed Pork Ribs Noodles

   
Looked very yummy and tempting but I didn't try it =( Looks like it can be replicated at home with Maggi Mee though =P
   

Pork Chop Bun

   
The Pork Chop Bun was quite yummy with juicy meat, mayonnaise and fluffy flour-dusted buns.

  

Beef Fried Rice

   
This is one of the star dishes we had. Very fragrant fried rice with fluffy rice grains coated with sufficient oil and eggy bits. The beef added a robust flavour to the yummy fried rice. I wonder why is it that I still can't replicate Hong Kong-style fluffy fried rice at home T__T
   

Beef in Tomato Sauce Rice

   
This is also another yummy dish. The beef is really tender and the scrambled eggs is similar to Australia Dairy's, very fluffy and light and both absorbed the flavours of the tomato sauce fully, making it a very appetising and mouth-watering dish that goes well with rice.

  

PawPoints: 4 Paws

  
http://www.tsuiwahrestaurant.com/eng/menu_e.html
  
Tsui Wah Restaurant
Causeway Bay MTR Exit D1
Ground Floor
483-499, Jaffe Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel: 2892 2633
Daily: 24 hours

Congee @ Sang Kee Coffee Shop, Hong Kong

We originally came here to try their famous Dace Ball and Beef Congee but when we reached the shop around 9.30am, we were told it wasn't ready yet. Nevertheless, we decided to stay to try the other congee varieties as there were lots of newspaper review clippings taped to the shop's window. The shop was packed with people and it took a while to get a table to fit 6 of us.
   

Yau Char Kwai aka Chinese Cruellers (HKD 5)

   
As is the norm, we ordered some Yau Char Kwai (aka Chinese Cruellers) as accompaniment to the congee. They were very fresh and crispy but not extraordinary.
   

Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

   
Some of us ordered a cup of Hong Kong's famous See Mat Nai Cha which translates literally to Stocking Milk Tea, indicating the silkyness and smoothness of the milk tea. The tea was very concentrated with a strong tea taste which no amount of sugar and milk can help dilute. It does take some getting used to but I think it'll taste nice after your tastebuds have adapted to it. The long teaspoon looked like it belonged more in a glass of cold milk tea than on the saucer =P
   

Sliced Beef and Pork Ball Congee

   
Unfortunately, we were too busy digging into our respective congee to snap pictures of the other varieties -_-"
I had the Pork Ball and Fish Ball Congee and it came in a bowl smaller than a ramen bowl but bigger than the small orders you get at Sushi Zanmai. The congee was very smooth and the rice grains were all boiled down to a concentrated swirly mixture as Hong Kong congees usually are.
   
The pork balls and fish balls were HUGE and I'm not exaggerating here...they're the size of ping pong balls! I think I was given 3 pork balls and 4 fish balls so imagine 7 ping pong balls in your tummy lol. The pork balls were very compact, full of minced porky goodness and very flavourful. The fish balls, on the other hand, were translucent in colour and very pasty. I wasn't a big fan of it.
  
The congee comes with an individual serving of ginger slices and spring onion in superior soy sauce. It was served in a tiny bowl smaller than the average rice bowl and you can opt to pour as much as you like into the bowl of already flavourful congee. Check out the picture below for a (blur) picture of the condiments.
  

Condiments *taken from OpenRice

   
All in all, the congee was good, serving was large as is typical in Hong Kong and meatballs were huge. It was a shame we weren't able to try the famed Dace Ball and Beef Congee.

 

PawPoints: 4 Paws

 

Sang Kee Coffee Shop
Sheung Wan MTR Exit A2
7-9 Burd Street
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Tel: 2541 1099
Mon - Sat: 7am - 9pm